News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Hector Escobedo-Reyna, a naturalized United States citizen, has pleaded guilty in federal court to the offense of transporting illegal aliens for financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo (aka “Jaguar") charged in April 2012 RICO indictment alleging conspiracy to commit murder, kidnaping, money laundering and drug distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of TONY LENDELL REED, 33, of Memphis, Tennessee, to 240 months in prison for robbery. On Feb. 1, 2019, a federal jury convicted REED of six counts of interference with commerce by robbery, known as the Hobbs Act. The Hobbs Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Darci Shillington Defrauded Hilco Technologies of $1.3 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Stephen Wong (619) 546-9464.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Jonathan I. Shapiro (619) 546-8225.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Braddock, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Richard Blong, age 28, of Horsham, PA with multiple counts of child exploitation offenses including enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, manufacturing child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES -Two men dubbed the “Cowboy Gun Bandits" by the FBI for using a large-caliber revolver during a series of robberies that targeted gas station convenience stores and a bank have been to serve federal prison sentences of at least 35 years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a one count indictment charging Tyrone E. Jiggetts, 47, of Rochester, NY, with being felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, 40-year-old former Homeland Security Investigations agent Richard Nikolai Gratkowski was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison on child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,926,462 visitors to Cape Cod National Seashore in 2018 spent $495 million dollars in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,098 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of over $638 million dollars.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: DENVER - More than 45 federal and contractor employees from across the EM complex recently gathered to collaborate on information technology, operational technology, and cybersecurity in conjunction with the DOE Cyber Conference (CyberCon). Several Department leaders addressed the EM IT Collaboration group during the meeting, including DOE Chief Information Officer Max Everett (pictured).
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Braddock, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced today that the Committee will hold a Members’ Day Hearing to focus on legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.8 million visitors to Valley Forge National Historical Park spent $24 million in communities near the park during 2018. This spending supported 382 jobs and provided a $36 million cumulative benefit to the Greater Philadelphia economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jennifer Nelson, 30, of Vanderwagen, N.M., was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a one count indictment charging Tyrone E. Jiggetts, 47, of Rochester, NY, with being felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced that a 62-year-old man who kidnapped and used a handgun to threaten a woman was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. At the time of the crime, the man was subject to a domestic abuse restraining order and gained access to the Broken Arrow woman’s home by cutting a hole through an exterior wall.
